Plants: The Suguaro Cactus is the state flower of Arizona. It is tall, thick, fluted, columnar stemed, and it grows up 18-24 inches in diameter. It will often have large branches that curve upward in the most distinctive conformation. When water is absorbed, the outer pulp of the Suguaro can expand like an accordion,increasing the diameter of the stem. The Suguaro often begins life in the shelter of a "nurse" tree or shrub when provided a shaded,moister habitat for the germination of life. The Suguaro plant grows very slowly, perhaps an inch a year but to a great height, 15 to 50 largest plants, with more than 5 arms, are estimated to be 200 years old. Average old Suguaro's would have 5 arm and be about 30 feet tall. A tree in the desert is the King Palm Tree. The Knig Palm Tree is one of the most popular palms in tropical and subtropical climates. The King Palm looks very nice when planted in a grouping of 2 or 3. This sun-loving palm is mostly used outdoors, but it also makes an excellent house plant house plant if given the right environment. While King Palmis young, it can be kept inside in the container to avoid cold exposure. Climate: The majority of deserts are in the Arabian Peninsula, Australia,the Americans,North and South Africa, India and Pakistan. The largest desert is the Sahara, in North Africa, and is about 3,500,000 square miles. The deserts are characterized by extreme heat and dyness, very hot in the daytime and chilly or even cold at night. The average tempeture is 100 degrees during the day and below 50 degrees at night. The wettest desert does not get more than 10 inches of rain a year. A variety of plant and animal species live there. Thanks to their power to adapt to the harsh environment. Camels,for example,are able to store large quantities of water in their humps. Animals like rattlesnackes and scorpions spend most of the day underground but come out at night to eat and hunt. Spade foot toads spend 9 months of the year undergound. Deserts often get their names like "Death Valley" or "The place from where there is no return" because of their extreme conditions.
Location: Arid deserts generally occur at low latitudes, and can be found in North-America,South-America,Africa,and Southern Asia. Seasons in the Arid desert are generally cry and hot,with few occurences of rain during the winter. The peaksheat to extremes during the daytime because there are no clouds to shield the earth from the sun ray. When it does rain it is not uncommon for the rain to evaporate before hitting the ground. The soil is usually either sand or coarse,and rocky. Vegetation consists mainly of shrubsand small trees of witch the leaves have revolved to retain water. Most desert life forms have followed this train of evolution,with animals species being mostly active at night. Another desert is the Sahara. The desert is located in the northern portion of Africa and covers over 3,500,00 square miles {9,000,000 sq km} or roughly 10% of the continent. It is bounded in the east by the Red Sea and it streches west to the Atlantic Ocean. To the north, the Sahara's Desert northern boundary is the Mediterranean Sea, while in the south it end at the Sahel, an area where the desert landscape transforms into a semi-arid tropical savanna. Animals:The average bobcat weighs 15 to 20 pounds, and is 2 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet long. The bobcat looks pretty much like a regular cat except bigger. The desert bobcat's color is a mixture of white, black, brown, and orange. The bobcat often gets confused with the mountain lion because of its fearsome growl. Bobcats can be found almost anywhere,but one of the most common places is the southwest desert. They like it there the most because of the bushy, and rocky terrain. The bushes give shade if it's hot,and the rocks are a perfect hiding spot if they're hunting prey. Another animal that lives in the desert is the Gopher snake. The Gopher snake is one of the largest snakes in our range, reaching a length as much as eight feet. These snakes are active during the day in cool weather and at night in warm weather. They are an asset in helping control rodent,since they consume a large number of them. When not hunting,they will hide under rocks or animal burrows. Most of our desert snakes are harmless,included banded sand snake,the western shovel-nosed snakes,the nosed leaf snake,glossysnake,and the desert warm snake.
Habitat: Deserts are found across our planet along two fringes parallel to the equator at 25-35 degrees latitude in both the northern and southern hemisphere. Deserts are arid or dry regions and reeieve less than 10 inches of rain per year. Biologically, they contain plants and animals adapted for survival in arid environment. Phisically they are large areas with a lot of bare soil and low vegetation cover. The world's deserts ocuppy almost one quarter of the earth's land surface, which aproximately 20.9 million square miles. Deserts recieve little rainfall, the dsert experiences a short period of great abundance. Plants and animals have developed very specific adaptations to make use of these infrequent short periods of great abundance.
Specific Animal: A specific animal that I like and lives in the desert is the Bobcat. The bobcat's diet consist of rabbits, squirrels, mice, gophers, rats, and fish. They're good at catching their prey because of their hunting ability. A bobcat's mating is a lot like a fegular house cat's mating. That's one similarity that they have. Bobcats will have one litter of kittens a year. A litter of bobcats consists of 2 to 3 kittens. When food is scarce, a bobcat will not have a litter at all. Despite the bobcat's cute appearence it is actually very fierce and can kill animals as large as a deer. A good thing about the bobcat is it won't kill any healthy large prey unless it's desparate. The bobcat always goes for the sick or wounded first. This is good because the sick won't spread disease to others. Two adaptations that allow the bobcat to survive in the desert is that bobcats have range in camouflage coloration that helps conceal the location of the cat while it is hunting at night. Also bobcats have excellent vison, hearing, and smell. They utilize all off their sences to track down and hunt prey in the wild.
Climate: The majority of deserts are in the Arabian Peninsula, Australia,the Americans,North and South Africa, India and Pakistan. The largest desert is the Sahara, in North Africa, and is about 3,500,000 square miles. The deserts are characterized by extreme heat and dyness, very hot in the daytime and chilly or even cold at night. The average tempeture is 100 degrees during the day and below 50 degrees at night. The wettest desert does not get more than 10 inches of rain a year. A variety of plant and animal species live there. Thanks to their power to adapt to the harsh environment. Camels,for example,are able to store large quantities of water in their humps. Animals like rattlesnackes and scorpions spend most of the day underground but come out at night to eat and hunt. Spade foot toads spend 9 months of the year undergound. Deserts often get their names like "Death Valley" or "The place from where there is no return" because of their extreme conditions.
Location: Arid deserts generally occur at low latitudes, and can be found in North-America,South-America,Africa,and Southern Asia. Seasons in the Arid desert are generally cry and hot,with few occurences of rain during the winter. The peaksheat to extremes during the daytime because there are no clouds to shield the earth from the sun ray. When it does rain it is not uncommon for the rain to evaporate before hitting the ground. The soil is usually either sand or coarse,and rocky. Vegetation consists mainly of shrubsand small trees of witch the leaves have revolved to retain water. Most desert life forms have followed this train of evolution,with animals species being mostly active at night. Another desert is the Sahara. The desert is located in the northern portion of Africa and covers over 3,500,00 square miles {9,000,000 sq km} or roughly 10% of the continent. It is bounded in the east by the Red Sea and it streches west to the Atlantic Ocean. To the north, the Sahara's Desert northern boundary is the Mediterranean Sea, while in the south it end at the Sahel, an area where the desert landscape transforms into a semi-arid tropical savanna.
Animals:The average bobcat weighs 15 to 20 pounds, and is 2 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet long. The bobcat looks pretty much like a regular cat except bigger. The desert bobcat's color is a mixture of white, black, brown, and orange. The bobcat often gets confused with the mountain lion because of its fearsome growl. Bobcats can be found almost anywhere,but one of the most common places is the southwest desert. They like it there the most because of the bushy, and rocky terrain. The bushes give shade if it's hot,and the rocks are a perfect hiding spot if they're hunting prey. Another animal that lives in the desert is the Gopher snake. The Gopher snake is one of the largest snakes in our range, reaching a length as much as eight feet. These snakes are active during the day in cool weather and at night in warm weather. They are an asset in helping control rodent,since they consume a large number of them. When not hunting,they will hide under rocks or animal burrows. Most of our desert snakes are harmless,included banded sand snake,the western shovel-nosed snakes,the nosed leaf snake,glossysnake,and the desert warm snake.
Habitat: Deserts are found across our planet along two fringes parallel to the equator at 25-35 degrees latitude in both the northern and southern hemisphere. Deserts are arid or dry regions and reeieve less than 10 inches of rain per year. Biologically, they contain plants and animals adapted for survival in arid environment. Phisically they are large areas with a lot of bare soil and low vegetation cover. The world's deserts ocuppy almost one quarter of the earth's land surface, which aproximately 20.9 million square miles. Deserts recieve little rainfall, the dsert experiences a short period of great abundance. Plants and animals have developed very specific adaptations to make use of these infrequent short periods of great abundance.
Specific Animal: A specific animal that I like and lives in the desert is the Bobcat. The bobcat's diet consist of rabbits, squirrels, mice, gophers, rats, and fish. They're good at catching their prey because of their hunting ability. A bobcat's mating is a lot like a fegular house cat's mating. That's one similarity that they have. Bobcats will have one litter of kittens a year. A litter of bobcats consists of 2 to 3 kittens. When food is scarce, a bobcat will not have a litter at all. Despite the bobcat's cute appearence it is actually very fierce and can kill animals as large as a deer. A good thing about the bobcat is it won't kill any healthy large prey unless it's desparate. The bobcat always goes for the sick or wounded first. This is good because the sick won't spread disease to others. Two adaptations that allow the bobcat to survive in the desert is that bobcats have range in camouflage coloration that helps conceal the location of the cat while it is hunting at night. Also bobcats have excellent vison, hearing, and smell. They utilize all off their sences to track down and hunt prey in the wild.